| BUDD | Zola ...., South African, then British, athlete (4) |
| BRERBEAR | Rabbit initially trapped by African, then catching a dim-witted friend of his (4,4) |
| MALI | East African so lost in west Africa |
| SOMALI | African so attached to French Sudan no longer (6) |
| NISH | David ___, Leicester City defender whose 1972 transfer to Derby County broke the then British transfer record |
| ZOLA | Controversial South African / British athlete who competed at the 1984 Olympics (4,4) |
| MUIR | Laura - - -, British athlete, 2018 European 1500m champion (4) |
| CRAM | Steve ---, British athlete who set world records in the 1500m, 2000m and the mile in 1985 (4) |
| ALEX | British athlete who is the 2022 Commonwealth Games triathlon champion, _ Yee (4) |
| EDEN | British athlete who won the 2024 Boston Marathon women's wheelchair race, Cooper (4) |
| DINA | _ Asher-Smith, British athlete who won gold in the 200m at the 2019 World Championships (4) |
| BELL | British athlete who won a bronze medal in the 1500m at the 2024 Olympics, Georgia Hunter _ (4) |
| SUCCUMB | Riff-raff seize posh Conservative then British give in |
| GLADSTONECOLONY | Under the then British Secretary of State for the colonies, what did George Barney try to set up nea |
| SERENGETI | National park established in 1951, in what was then British-controlled Tanganyika (9) |
| BEHAVIORISTS | So British, Eva, they study without emotion (12) |
| OLDSPORT | The great Gatsby's term of endearment: Lord, spot the difference that's ever so British! (3,5) |
| SOMALIA | African country in which British athlete Mo Farah was born (7) |
| STEVECRAM | British athlete who set world records in 1500m,2000m & mile in 19 days in 1985 (5,4) |
| ERICLIDDELL | British athlete whose win in the 1924 Olympics was celebrated in Chariots of Fire (4,7) |
